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Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology (GCEN) - GradCertEngTech

鈥楾his program is offered only to continuing students. No new admissions will be accepted. Students who are interested in this study area should consider the Graduate Certificate of Engineering Practice which will be offered from Semester 2, 2020.

 On-campusExternal
Start:No new admissionsNo new admissions
Campus:Toowoomba  
Fees:Commonwealth supported place
Domestic full fee paying place
International full fee paying place
Commonwealth supported place
Domestic full fee paying place
International full fee paying place
Standard duration:1 semester full-time or 2 semesters part-time 

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Contact us

Future Australian and New Zealand students  Future International students  Current students 

Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500
Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315
Email: study@usq.edu.au  

Phone: +61 7 4631 5543
Email: international@usq.edu.au 

Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252
Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285
Email usq.support@usq.edu.au 

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Professional accreditation

The Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology is not accredited by any professional bodies, but is accredited by the 精东传媒app of Southern Queensland.

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Program aims

To enable students to complete a postgraduate program that will lead to an advanced level of knowledge in a specialised area of engineering.

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Program objectives

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology should be able to apply a body of knowledge of a specialised area of engineering at an advanced level.

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Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

  • Completion of an Australian university three year Bachelor degree in engineering, science or technology or equivalent.

  • English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.


All students are required to satisfy the applicable .

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a 精东传媒app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

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Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of a students' higher education and students pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the

Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.

Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, external or online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

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Program structure

The Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology comprises four single unit academic courses as follows:

Schedule A: Two courses (two units) to be selected from the following list:

  • ENG8103

  • ENG8104

  • ENG8205

  • ENG8208


Schedule B: A two course specialisation (two units) to be selected from the recommended enrolment pattern.

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Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 2 years to complete this program.

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Specialisation

The specialisation study provides students with knowledge and skills in a specific discipline. The specialisation study areas in the Graduate Certificate of Engineering Technology are:

  • Agricultural Engineering

  • Civil Engineering

  • Computer Systems Engineering

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Environmental Engineering

  • Management in Engineering

  • Mechanical Engineering

  • Power Systems Engineering

  • Structural Engineering

  • Transdisciplinary Engineering


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IT requirements

Access to an up-to-date computer is necessary. On-campus students can access appropriately equipped laboratories, but should consider acquisition of their own computer. Students should be able to access a computer with the following . All students should have access to email and the Internet via a computer running the latest versions of Internet web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. The 精东传媒app has a wireless network for on-campus students' computers. In order to take advantage of this facility and further enhance their on-campus learning environment, students should consider purchasing a notebook/laptop computer with wireless connectivity. Specialist software is required for some courses.

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Credit

Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the .

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Enrolment

Candidates for admission to this program should note that some of the courses specify enrolment requirements. This may mean that successful applicants will be enrolling in courses for which they do not have sufficient pre-requisite knowledge. Applicants should refer to the to determine the enrolment requirements for the courses they intend enrolling in. Graduate students will be expected to rectify any deficiencies in their pre-requisite knowledge by private study, guided if necessary by the examiners of the relevant courses. Alternatively, they should enrol in the pre-requisite course(s). These courses will not contribute to the requirements for program completion.

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

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Agricultural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Agricultural Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 12600)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     AGR2302 Agricultural Machinery11
     AGR3304 Soil Science11
     MEC2402 Stress Analysis11Pre-requisite: CIV1501 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or GEPR
     AGR2301 Agricultural Science22
     ENV3105 Hydrology22
     MEC2301 Design of Machine Elements22Pre-requisite: (MEC2402 and ENG1100) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR

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Civil Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Civil Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15394)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     CIV2605 Construction Engineering11
     CIV2701 Road Design and Location11Pre-requisite: ENM1500 or ENM1600 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCST or GDST or GCEN or GEPR
     ENV2103 Hydraulics I11Pre-requisite: CIV1500 or CIV1501 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN or GEPR
     CIV2502 Structural and Building Technology22
     CIV2702 Municipal Services*22Pre-requisite: ENV2103 or ENV1101
     CIV3603 Construction Methods2

Footnotes
*Only available in on-campus mode at Toowoomba in 2020.

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Computer Systems Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Computer Systems Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 17242)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ELE1301 Computer Engineering11
     ELE2303 Embedded Systems Design11Pre-requisite: ELE1301
     ELE2601 Telecommunications Principles11Pre-requisite: (ELE1502 and ELE1801) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or GEPR
     ELE2103 Linear Systems and Control22
     ELE3307 22
     ELE4606 Communication Systems22Pre-requisite: (ELE2504 and ELE2601) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or MENS or GCNS or GDNS

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 17241)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ELE2601 Telecommunications Principles11Pre-requisite: (ELE1502 and ELE1801) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or GEPR
     ELE2702 Electrical Measurement and Analysis11Pre-requisite: (ENM1500 or ENM1600) and ELE1801 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     ELE3803 Electrical Plant11Pre-requisite: ELE1801 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or GEPR
     ELE1801 Electrical Technology<22,3Pre-requisite: ENM1500 or ENM1600 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     ELE2101 Control and Instrumentation22Pre-requisite: ENM1500 or ENM1600 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     ELE2501 Electronic Workshop and Production22Pre-requisite: (ELE1502 and ELE1301) or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     ELE2503 Electronic Systems22Pre-requisite: ELE1502 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN or GEPR Students cannot be enrolled in ELE2503 and ELE2504 in the same semester Enrolment is not permitted in ELE2503 if ELE2504 has been previously completed

Footnotes
<Unavailable online in S3 2023

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Environmental Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Environmental Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 12601)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     CLI3301 Climate and Environment Risk Assessment1
     ENV2103 Hydraulics I11Pre-requisite: CIV1500 or CIV1501 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN or GEPR
     ENV2105 Applied Chemistry and Microbiology11
     ENV2201 Land Studies11
     ENV4204 Environmental Technology11Pre-requisite: ENV2105 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: PDEV or GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
     ENV3103 Environmental Pollution22Pre-requisite: ENV2105 and ENV2103 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or GEPR
     ENV3105 Hydrology22
     ENV4106 Irrigation Science22Pre-requisite: AGR3304 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GCSC or GDSI or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or MSCN.

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Management in Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Management in Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 17243)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     CIS8000 Global Information Systems Strategy1,21,2
     ENG8101 11
     ENG4004 Engineering Project and Operations Management*2,3
     ENG8207 3

Footnotes
*The semester 3 offering of this course is offered in even numbered years only.
In Semester 3, 2023 this course will be delivered as a Transition (9 week) semester, commencing on 13 November 2023 and concluding on 12 January 2024

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Mechanical Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Mechanical Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15395)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     MEC2202 Manufacturing Processes11Pre-requisite: MEC1201 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN
     MEC2405 Machine Dynamics11Pre-requisite: CIV1501 or Students must be enrolled in the following Program: GCEN
     CIV1501 Engineering Statics22,3Pre-requisite: ENM1600 or (ENM1500 and CIV1500) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     MEC2106 Introduction to Thermofluids22Pre-requisite: CIV1500 or CIV1501 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BENH or BEBC or BEHS or GCEN or MENS or GEPR
     MEC2301 Design of Machine Elements22Pre-requisite: (MEC2402 and ENG1100) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     MEC2304 Solid Modelling22
     MEC2401 Dynamics I11Pre-requisite: ((MAT1502 or MAT1102 or ENM1600) and CIV1501) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or GCNS or METC or MEPR or MENS or GEPR

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Power Systems Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Power Systems Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15638)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ELE2303 Embedded Systems Design11Pre-requisite: ELE1301
     ELE3804 Power Systems Protection1
     ENV2201 Land Studies11
     ELE2101 Control and Instrumentation22Pre-requisite: ENM1500 or ENM1600 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GCEN or GEPR
     ELE2504 Electronic Design and Analysis22Pre-requisite: ELE1502 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MEPR or GDNS or MENS or GCNS or GCEN or GEPR Students cannot be enrolled in ELE2503 and ELE2504 in the same semester
     ELE3107 Signal Processing22
     ELE3506 Electronic Measurement22Pre-requisite: (ELE1502 and (ELE2101 or ELE2103) and (ELE2503 or ELE2504)) or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or MENS

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Structural Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Structural Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 13421)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     CIV3505 11
     MEC2402 Stress Analysis11Pre-requisite: CIV1501 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS or GEPR
     CIV2403 Geology and Geomechanics22Pre-requisite: CIV1501 or CIV1500 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MENS or GCEN or GEPR
     CIV2502 Structural and Building Technology22
     CIV2503 Structural Design I22Pre-requisite: (ENG1100 and MEC2402) or (ENG1100 and CIV1501 for students enrolled in one of the following: BETC Infrastructure Management major or BENS Infrastructure Management Engineering major) or Students must be enrolled in: GCEN or GEPR

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Transdisciplinary Engineering specialisation recommended enrolment pattern


Specialisation: Transdisciplinary Engineering (Specialisation 精东传媒app Code: 15640)
CourseYear of program and semester in which course is normally studiedEnrolment requirements
On-campus
(ONC)
External
(EXT)
Online
(ONL)
YearSemYearSemYearSem

Schedule A: Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     ENG8104 11
     ENG8208 11
     ENG8103 22
     ENG8205 22

Schedule B: Technical courses Students must complete two of the courses listed in this schedule.

     Approved Courses+1,21,2
     Approved Courses+1,21,2

Footnotes
+Approved Courses will normally be Engineering, Science or Technology courses not lower than Level 2. Consult the Program Coordinator via usq.support@usq.edu.au to seek approval.